The PS3 vs Xbox 360 console war goes on: Is it getting out of hand

good article, seems fairly unbias, and i agree, this ‘war’ is getting out of hand, maybe they should allow cross platform online tournaments once a month for multiplatform games (ie: idk, rainbow six?) and then which ever side wins can have bragging rights for that month, idk, just thinking out loud, peace out everyone, and remember, ALL SYSTEMS GO!

Console wars always get out of hand. It’s worse now that the internet has a stronger influence on people theses days. It won’t be long before we’ll be seeing *Genesis does what Nintendon’t* style marketing like we had in the 90s… Good times.

Compared to the last console war this is just the same, So it’s not out that out of hand. There will allways be bias fanboys going on pointless rants for their favorite console. So no big deal right.
Oh, and what makes you think killzone 2 will be any good? Look at the first one.

Playstation 3 is toughest kid on the block and Motorstorm rocks like.no.other.

It’s not a war, it’s more like rootin’ for your favourite team, get over it.

Hoser let me blast you here like I blasted you in the other article. What is unbias about this article. This Chris dude is obviously a PS3 fanboy like yourself. Chris go back to the other thread and look at the game list I dropped and tell me how Halo 3 is all Microsoft has going for it. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but dealing with you PS3 guys about what is better is stupid. I need to get my ass online and play some games instead if wasting my time with PS3 fanboys who have no games to play and have to resort to the net to find out when they will get something worth playing. Peace!!

Fauk…. It’s just like the DC incident… Something will vanish from the face of the Earth…. for good…

DC = DreamCast

your mom is getting out of hand
mgs 4 might interest some people, but i’d never buy it
killzone 2 is just as unappealing to me
i am not saying that i am hella-into all of xbox 360′s games, but i am hella-into halo 3, fable 2, and gears of war
assassin’s creed and grand theft auto iv look awesome too

yah this is a good unbias article but honestly the ps3 has little firepower for its hardware…the games arnt there and in all honesty a week ago i had no idea that Killzone was a sequel, and sadly for you killzone fans that doesn’t sound good for a awesome/great exclusive. In the end I have also played all three systems, wii is fun but it gets old quick(lack of quality games) Ps3 is amazing but its interent service is kind of lacking and the whole blue ray thing was pushed way too much(personally i see a movie once and never see it agaian, whats the point of buying a dvd its just a market ploy),lastly there is 360 which is not the powerhouse ps3 but stiill great, and live makes the machine even better.
In the end i think the 360 will beat out the ps3 because it has a great combination of power, graphics, games, and online capability. Sorry ps3 and wii you only have a few pieces to the puzzle.

All I got out of this article was, “Metal Gear Solid 4 is not coming out for the 360.” Whoop-dee-do. PS3 fans, rejoice! There’s at least ONE game that managed to not ditch Sony for the superior gaming machine, the Xbox 360. I don’t know what kind of “facts” this guy was talking about. The facts show that everything that comes out for both systems at the same time, looks better on the 360. The PS3 has nothing but specs to boast about, but no games to show for it. By the way did you realize that Sony is being sued over the Cell processor?

Um there is no war. 1 out of every 3 Xbox 360s breaks and the PS3 is far too expensive. Both are terrible, one for crappy engineering and the other for engineering that costs to much.

sony bein sued for the cells parralel processing is bul…! if they wna sue sony for using this tech then why not sue othe companies including the 360? the world is just corrupted and money hungry. these rights were filed bk around 1990 and they just comin up with it now.
all u 360 dudes out their seem 2 b forgetting its been out for over a year more than the ps3. plus multiplatform games look better on the 360 coz of lazy developing and wanting more money which is the reason to go multiplatform. developing games is way 2 expensive now these 2 machines are out so obviously they want their money back. people will see better use outa the ps3 like they did with the ps2. the 360 has ALOTA hand me downs frm the ps3 stil has them anyway. both sides can carry on bein stupid callin out we got killzone and mgs4 while the other says we gt halo 3 and gow. its just funny when people brag about assasins creed and gta4 when they are multiplatform lol
ill just be enjoyin both worlds and not complainin. if ps3 was sooooooooo s..t then stop wantin more exclusives period.
i personaly think ms released early coz they knew they would struggle against the competition and then rushed the hardware which i think is the most unreliable console in history. if all 3 was released at the same time, this so called war between geek fanboys wd b totaly diff with the wii far ahead n then suddenly overtaken.
i just want x-platform multiplayers now but then again i have both systems so it wnt matter 2 me but id still like 2 c it happen.
bottom line is the ps3 will define itself next year or atleast start to. u kno sony always hav a SLOW start. its still early days but for online play i think ms hav that department locked!

my lil article prbly makes more sence than the main up up top!

This forum is gettin out of hand!

Look people the 360 is great, the ps3 WILL be great, and the wii pretty much speaks for itself. No point arguing which is better or which will win. I mean was the ps2 the technically superior console of its gen? No.

Just be happy with what you got, and stop taking things so personal!

again charles, i reiterate, the list you provided is 90 percent multi platform and thus is a useless list in you arguement. and i didnt say ‘unbias’ i said, ‘fairly unbias’, its ok, read only what you want, your ignorance cleary trumps me, and maybe you didn’t get the end of my point ‘all systems go’, look buddy, i have all 3, i dont play the wii much and my gaming time is pretty evenly split between the 360 and ps3, i just hate it when fanboys, like yourself, spout this crap, and yes its two way, i also hate the ps fanboys and their shit, i am not a fanboy, i just like to play the devils advocate when it comes to lists like yours that are wrong, so just calm down, take a deep breath and stop taking it personally

this is a poor attempt at trying to make a point that “your” product is better and folling the masses into believing your unbiased.

oh, and the moron (‘ace”) who writes “all u 360 dudes out their seem 2 b forgetting ”

wow, what a moron.

eric is my example of “360 dudes” lol. u all js so cocky just like ms and protect ur chosen system like its ur momz! its a machine damnit! my post does seem anti xbox coz i just dont like how their “fans” talk b.s everytime noews cums out about the ps but y’all just take it to a nu extreme lol. ps3 “fanz” are doin it 2 bt nt nearly as much.
im sori 4 hurtin ur feelings eric lol or maybe others i may have offended. i love my xbox 2! hehe

happy gaming to every1 that has all the machines and dont b.tch about the oposite. out.

at a boy ace, well put, everyone should just strive to have all the systems. And its true, if you look at forums all across the net, all fanboys are stupid and have retarted comments, but its the ‘xbots’ that are the loudest and most ignorant (not implying that all 360 owners are this way, just the fanboys, so everyone calm down before posting a tyrade) (im looking at you ‘charles’)

Hoser you’re a fanboy and a hypocrit, if ya gonna pretend not to be a propaganda spewing Sony fanboy at least change your name because i’ve your fud all over the net.

Here’s one of yours where your trying to sound genuine but totally blow it adding that you’ve been through 4 360′s already!

hoser

“@ mike, i agree with denouncing ivan_psp’s comment as it was childish and fanboyish, but seriously, i have the NEW REAL TIME GAMEPLAY trailer of killzone 2 on my ps3 and i watch it in 1080p and i also have the other one on there too, and though the 05 trailer does look better, this new one is still something to marvel at, the lighting, atmospheric effects, character animations, i’m stunned at the quality, they did a damn good job, and just so you know, i never played killzone 1 and i won’t, but the hype behind killzone 2 is based off the new trailer not the previous game(by that logic halo 3 will suck because halo 2 sucked) and it does look stunning, if you can’t see that, you are either blind or a fanboy. But to comment on the actual article, i agree this is the most hyped game in history, i try not to listen as it usually ruins a game, when I pop in Halo3 for the first time, i want to be suprised and not let down because of hype i’ve read. so i don’t read it, now lets just hope my 5th 360 doesn’t die on me before then”

hoser – i don’t think you are a “fanboy”(by the way admitting you are one is not a discrace (i think) you are totally entitled to support the console you prefer)

Sony “fanboys” are usually far louder and more ignorant than xbox “fanboys” simply because on the whole they are a lot younger.

I believe that at the end of the day maybe we are all fanboys (bar maybe those that have all 3 and don’t prefer any over another) – a rare breed indeed.

I never thought i’d say this but i suppose at the end of day i’m an xbox fanboy, i support the xbox at every turn and try to make all news sound positive. Is that a bad thing?

I don’t dislike the PS3 or Wii i just prefer the 360. Maybe the word “FANBOY” needs re-addressing.

Infact lets do it now. can we first all agree on what a fanboy is:-

Open to all comments

Once we’ve done that we can surely decide who actually is one and who isn’t

Maybe i am a fanboy maybe i’m not. I’m not really sure anymore.

@I like the 360 is that a crime

OK, my definition of a fanboy, or at least a fanboy in the negative sense is somebody that’s so blindly loyal to a perticular console that he/she is prepared to pose as the owner of a rival console just so they can slander it and claim first hand knolege of why it “sux” so much.

I guess there must be a bit of fanboy in all of us or it wouldn’t irritate us so much when false claims are made.

I’ve owned all the consoles previous to this crop and remember getting into heated debates over why i thought the Megadrive/Genesis was better than the Snes but still went out and bought one because Mario Kart was indespencable.

It’s fine for somebody to prefer one console over another and have opinions about which is better but when they start to use lies and propaganda and they’re not even getting payed by Sony/MS/Nintendo, then i’d say they were a fanboy in the negative sense of the word.

To be honest i’ve spent far too much money on games over the years and was planning on sitting this generation out but i’m a sucker for GTA and Halo so there goes my holiday this year.

@ dan,

my point exactly bud. i remember the days when the word fanboy wasn’t even used. Now it seems that if you say something positive about your console of chose you’re labelled a fanboy in seconds.

As you say these forums continue due to the defensive nature of us all.

I doubt any of us work for sony, microsoft or nintendo. (well not many anyway). so why do we feel so strongly about it?

sorry dan, dont’ see how i ‘blew it’ by adding my probs with my luck on the 360′s ive owned(yes i am on my 5th one) is that so hard to believe, and @ ilike the 360, you my friend are probably the first mature person i’ve seen defend the box, dont get me wrong you too i have both, i’m just a little bit pissed at my experience with microsoft and this system, and whats up with this whole conspiracy of me trying to sound ‘genuine’, im as truthful as they come, if you find it so hard to believe that i own both and am on my 5th 360 then you need help, i like the system, i like the games, and oooo boy i cant wait to get my hands on halo3, so dont try to paint me as a sony fanboy when i like both, you obviously misunderstand my intentions, you see i’m playing the devils advocate most of the time when i post, its fun, and when people like you or ps fanboys spout shit that isnt true, im gonna call you on it. sorry no propaganda here, just a ‘genuine’ gamer who owns the 2 best consoles out there(and a pc)

sorry dan, im back again, is it really so hard to believe that a console with 33 percent fail rate has struck me with probs 4 different times? i want you to answer that, because your paranoid conspiracy theories are getting out of hand. If you dont believe i have a 360, then how do i prove it to you? im not posting my gamertag, i dont want any joe messaging me who can read this forum and besides, i only game with my friends, who all own 360s and ps3′s by the way, i think you should actually play ps3 for some insight

There is NO failure rate for the 360, all failure rates posted on the net are speculation and anecdotal, the 33% failure rates were started of by an anonymous source claiming to be an Australian retailer, and by coincidence (or maybe not!) another story floating round the net about a recall of 360 premiems because of an HDD fault, that turned out to be false was also started by an anonymous Australian retailer. Stop quoting failure rates when nobody but Microsoft know what they are. I have played the PS3 thankyou, i have a friend who bought one, but seeing as how the 360 is the only one that can play GTA 4 and Halo 3 and I only plan on having i console this time round i chose the 360. I’m sorry but i’ve seen many of your posts that contradict others and i don’t believe some of your claims.

PS. Don’t feel bad that i Don’t believe you, if I believed everything I read on the net then i really would be into some “paranoid conspiracy theories”, only you know what the truth is and I believe what I believe, lets leave it at that.

OK Hoser

I know understand why your a Xbox frustrated customer. All I have to say is (this goes for all 360 owners) It is very obvious that there is a problem with the 360 when it comes to heating issues. If your smart and you care about your 360 and you don’t want to return it 5 times like Mr Hoser then i suggest that you invest in a cooler. They are out there and they will keep your box cool. This is called pervention. Why know about a problem and wait for it to happen. Then you complain about it. It is a dumb cycle. If your caught in it 5 times then your a 5 time idiot. Now Hoser I may seem like I am a Fanboy and at this point I pretty much am but, I’m not ignorant to the other systems. I have friends that have the PS3 and the Wii so I get my fair share of play time with all 3 Systems. That means when I’m talking about PS3 issues, I’m not talking out of ignorance. I only tell it as I see it through experience. When you look at both systems and see what they have to offer 360 becomes the clear winner. How could you have this over expensive PS3 that boast about this cell processor and upto know I haven’t seen it do 1 thing better. They had a whole year to make a great system and all they have done is copy what the wii and the 360 are doing. There is no original Idea behind the PS3. When I bought my 360 I only went to buy a game console. That’s it. When I realized what the 360 had to offer that was not only Video games I was blown away. I couldn’t believe what this new generation of consoles were bringing. It changed the whole game. Things like updates to games and adding maps and characters and weapons and what ever the hell they wanted to add was just rediculous. What happened to cheats and codes. Now if I want a supped up car for a racing game I can buy it online. The arcade games option is amazing for when you want to casually game. My favs are Pacman C.E., 3D Mini golf, Assult heroes, UNO, and the list goes on I think there may be 70 games by now which all have a playable demo. There is the Market place with all the Movie and TV show downloads. You can stream music and media files and pictures right off your home computer. There is trailers and game demos and game tips. You can choose gamer pictures and Themes. Games give you a reason to accomplish something by giving you achievements. Live is just amazing. There is MSN Messneger. I don’t know what else I’m missing but there is more to be said about the 360. Graphically it has been superior and it shows with all the multi-platform games. And it’s got rumble. Rumble was one of my biggest issues with the PS3 as it left the games feeling a bit dead. What does the PS3 really offer besides a high price and a Blu-ray player which is obsolete if you don’t own a HDTV? Being a Sony fanboy is a sad thing.

i completely agree with you charles, you are a smart guy, and like yourself when i just recently purchased my 360, after sampleing the various consoles, i was amazed at all the extra features. I mean xbox to 360, is a huge jump,but so is 360 from wii and ps3. the marketplace is a great function like you ahve said above, movie watching and music are great pluses, and connecting to you comp is amazing. ain’t it obvious that the 360 is amazing? don’t get me wrong but like i said before the 360 has all the pieces to the puzzle for a complete gaming experience, not the ps3 and wii

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@Charles

Most of the things you praise the 360 for, the PS3 can do also.

- updates to games,adding maps,characters,weapons
Both systems can do that. Both systems have advertised they can do that. Just so you know they both can update their firmware to add features in the future.

-Now if I want a supped up car for a racing game I can buy it online.
Again both systems can do that. I admit right now microsoft has a smoother system but thats not to say you can’t on the PS3.

-arcade games option
Both systems have arcade games. Microsoft has more, alot more but its available on both sysetems.

-There is the Market place with all the Movie and TV show downloads.
Sony has hinted at having a movie download service, and recently announced IPTV for the PS3 in europe. Hasn’t Microsoft been talking about IPTV for a while now?

-You can stream music and media files and pictures right off your home computer.
You can do that with your PS3 too. I do like how I can connect my Ipod to my 360 and last time I tried to do that with my PS3 I couldn’t but thats been a couple firmware updates ago. I wish I could copy music to the 360′s HDD off of my ipod.

-There is trailers and game demos and game tips.
PS store has those, maybe not the game tips but I’d rather get my tips for free.

-You can choose gamer pictures and Themes.
You have very similar options with the XMB are your profile pic on the ps3

-Games give you a reason to accomplish something by giving you achievements.
Something similar coming with Home. Yes it would have been nice to have had something since November with the PS3 but its coming.

-Live is just amazing.
Live really isn’t a feature. Yes I agree that for the most part live is better and more united than the PS network but it should be, you’re paying for it.

-There is MSN Messneger
Valid point. As of right now as far as I know the ps network does not support instant messaging. Since sony doesn’t own a instant messaging network I don’t see one being added. I haven’t tried using AIM from the internet brower though.

-Rumble
It would be nice to have, but I don’t really miss it. The rumble in the PS2 and Xbox I actually found annoying in some games. It was just too constant. I’d prefer a more variable with pulses coming from different locations in the controller. Also a feature that is being rumored to be coming to the PS3.

More valid pluses would be: being able to access your dashboard ingame, cross game invites, things like that the PS3 doesn’t have.

I think most of the negativity towards sony is because they have over promised and under delivered in some aspects and have tried to use BS as reasons to not have certian features (ie. rumble being last gen). But didn’t microsoft state that there are no probelms with the 360?, and then extend the warrenty twice to try and cover it up? Its just the way large corporations work, not that its right, thats just the way it is.

I think the XMB is more intuative than the Xbox dashboard. I’ve seen people prefer the XMB and others that prefer the dashboard.

I haven’t bought any games all summer so my game references are from the May timeframe, but for all the talk about the 360 having more games I would expect more games I want to play. This is just my opinion, but both systems have 4-5 games that were out then that I wanted to play. Yes the 360 had more games but more games doesn’t help me if I don’t want to play them. If sony relased 10000 bible games it would have more games, but would people really care? I’m not trying to imply that all the 360′s games are the same because I know they’re not. I know there are several games coming out this fall that I want, but there are just as many coming out for the PS3 that I want.

PS3 price is high, and for Europe its even higher, but with the new (temporary or not we don’t know) price drop to sub $500 it is comparable to the 360, but you can’t compare the price of the core to the ps3 unless you don’t want to be able to save your games, etc. If you don’t want to give up the features that both the higher end Xboxs and the PS3s have then don’t compare the price.

The Blu-ray player addes space for developers to use. They don’t have to and right now its probably only saving them compression. But in somecases its makeing it easier for developers. They have less work to do if they don’t want to compress or they can make a massive game if they wanted to. I’ve always believed that to move forward to another generation of consoles a better media should be used. If the PS2 used a CD instead of a DVD would it have been a PS2 or a PS1.5? Traditionally there has been a jump in the media between generations. In my opinion microsoft played it safe and went with an older, established media. I think short term that will help them and long term hurt them the same way cartridges hurt the N64 against the PS1.

To sum up my post: The two systems are comparable. One isn’t tremendously better than the other.

This probably makes me a sony fanboy. Personally I own a wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 along with an XBox, PS2, PS1, Sega Mega Drive, and Nintendo Entertainment System. I prefer my PS3 and Xbox 360 equally, but I would like more games out for each of them. Mass Effect and Halo 3 are looking very promising for the 360 as well as Lair, Heavenly Sword and Ratchet & Clank Future.

Wow Stephen if you listen to yourself it sounds like Sony went and coppied everything that Microsoft did. They also ripped Ideas from Nindendo. There is nohing original about the PS3 and it took Microsoft and Nindendo to change the game and now Sony looks stupid because the only thing there trying to do is sell a Blu-Ray they don’t even care about you as a gamer. They have no games and all you got was Folding. Helping Sony profit while you are the suckers. It just seems like Sony forgot about the core fact that it’s supose to be a Video Game System. Oh and that cell that does not do any thing better then what the 360 does graphically because all the multi-platform games look better on the 360.

@ charles

Actualy its like microsoft is copying sony like adding HDMI, adding a bigger HDD and theres a rumour that microsoft is planning a xbox ultimate with a built in HDDVD drive and wifi. hell they even painted it black with the elite! The only original console is the wii. the only thing original the ps3 has is it uses a HD format to run games on with more than enough space. Id say theirs nothing original the xbox has, they stil use DVD media and batteries for accesories! microsoft if your going to be next gen, have next gen features rather than just HD visuals and wifi!. ps3 has little games because it is still new the xbox was the same in their 1st year just dont forget the ps hasnt been out a full year yet. the xbox has been out for almost 2 years so naturaly they will have more games. It may seem sony is concentrating more on the blu ray which maybe true but they have always been a hardware company. they HAVE to make this work and they are doin a good job at it. x-platform games looking better on the xbox is not because of the ps3, its the developers being lazy and MONEY. if you want to compare the cell to the 360′s CPU, the cell is much more powerful but MUCH more difficult to work with. the 360′s GPU has a graphical edge on the RSX but only slightly. on the whole id say the ps3 could perform alot better if used right. but for now its all about the 360 spacialy for halo 3! cant f****** wait for that!

Undoubtebly the playstation 3 is superior it has the better games in its history and is more relible and durable

Well all this 360/ps3 talk is getting annoying,well ima be honest,im a ps3 gamer,all my products are all sony brand,from my sony bravia lcd tv,to my sony vaio laptop,to my ps3 and psp.i just wanna say i trust sony,ive been with them since 1997,they revolutionilised gaming 4 ME,u 360 guys luv ur system and thats great but u must realised that ps2 to ps3 was the biggest jump in performance n quality this gen,thanks to MS sony step it up,way better online,way better graphics,internet browser, n …